diff --git a/org.jacoco.report/src/org/jacoco/report/internal/html/page/SourceFilePage.java b/org.jacoco.report/src/org/jacoco/report/internal/html/page/SourceFilePage.java
index 09b6d482d..ee7e5cbc6 100644
--- a/org.jacoco.report/src/org/jacoco/report/internal/html/page/SourceFilePage.java
+++ b/org.jacoco.report/src/org/jacoco/report/internal/html/page/SourceFilePage.java
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ public SourceFilePage(final ISourceNode sourceFileNode,
 
 	@Override
 	protected void content(final HTMLElement body) throws IOException {
-		final SourceHighlighter highlighter = new SourceHighlighter(context.getLocale());
+		final SourceHighlighter highlighter;
+		highlighter = new SourceHighlighter(context.getLocale());
 		highlighter.render(body, getNode(), sourceReader);
 		sourceReader.close();
 	}